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| author | Karel Zak | 2007-08-14 12:27:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2007-08-14 12:27:55 +0200 |
| commit | dcb219b313b595dea375ec6758641bb09845d8a4 (patch) | |
| tree | a5e788a4089fcb7748a1bf34aa2893d1448bf98b /README.licensing | |
| parent | tests: fix ULONG_MAX usage on 32bit machines (diff) | |
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docs: add README.licensing
There is not only one unique license for all code in utl-linux-ng. We
have mix of utils with Public Domain, BSD, GPLv2 or GPLv2+. This thing
should be more transparent to avoid misunderstanding.
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/README.licensing b/README.licensing new file mode 100644 index 000000000..67eabdc58 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.licensing @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + +The project utils-linux-ng doesn't use same license for all code. There are +code with: + + * GPLv2+ (GNU General Public License version 2, or any later version) + + * GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version 2) + + * BSD License + + * Public Domain + +Please, check source code for more details. A license is usually at the start +of each source file. + +The /COPYING file (GPLv2+) is the default license for code without an explicitly +defined license. + |